The Betel nut chewer of Kg Tamok

A look into the practice of beetle nut chewing and its implications to health among the Orang Asli community. Like many in the community 90 year old Hitam binti Inchong has been addicted with beetle nut chewing since young.

16 thoughts on “The Betel nut chewer of Kg Tamok”

Calcium Hydroxide. I wonder how much that has to do with the health problems rather than just the nut itself. I know it’s used for a lot of foods items, but regularly chewing it must surely have effects on the mouth at the very least.

the nut itself is an stringent and can alter the oral mucosa bacteria, the active ingredient in Areca nut is Arecholine a carcinogenic compound. The effects of Calcium Hydroxide is negligible, tests done

what part of the philippines did you visit and what kind of filipino betel nut did you try VISAYAN BETEL NUT,LUMAD BETEL NUT, BATANGENOS BETEL NUT,PANGGALATOT BETEL NUT OR THE CORDILLERAN BETEL NUT. because here in philippines we filipinos are not the same at making betel nut to chew

im from papua new guinea and it is much different, first put the nut in ur mouth, then chew for about 5 mins, then get your daka (green twig thing) and dip it in the cambang (lime/white powder stuff) and ur basically done